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How green and profitable are e-scooters? – BBC News
Wayne Ting, chief executive of e-scooter firm Lime, says there’s room for improvement.
By Jonathan JosephsBusiness reporter, BBC News
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image captionMore people are taking e-scooter trips, data suggests
Exactly how green and how profitable are the electric bikes and scooters that millions of us are now renting?
Those were two of the big questions hanging over the industry as 2020 began.
Despite the huge disruption the pandemic brought, the biggest player in the market, Lime, now says it is profitable for the first time.
“There are some markets where we’re…
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